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Lexicon :: Strong's G4469 - raka

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ῥακά
Transliteration
raka (Key)
Pronunciation
rhak-ah'
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Part of Speech
Aramaism
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Aramaic origin cf רֵיק (H7386)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:973,983

Strong’s Definitions

ῥακά rhaká, rhak-ah'; of Chaldee origin (compare H7386); O empty one, i.e. thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification):—Raca.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G4469 in the following manner: Raca (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G4469 in the following manner: Raca (1x).

  1. empty, i.e. a senseless, empty headed man

  2. a term of reproach used among the Jews in the time of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ῥακά rhaká, rhak-ah'; of Chaldee origin (compare H7386); O empty one, i.e. thou worthless (as a term of utter vilification):—Raca.
STRONGS G4469:
ῤακά (Tdf. ῤαχά; (the better accentuation seems to be ῤακά; cf. Kautzsch, Gram. d. Biblical-Aram., p. 8)), an Aramaic word רֵיקָא (but according to Kautzsch (as above), p. 10) not the stative emphatic of רֵיק, but shortened from רֵיקָן (Hebrew רִיק), empty, i. e. a senseless, empty-headed man, a term of reproach used by the Jews in the time of Christ (B. D., under the word ; Wünsche, Erläuterung as above with, p. 47): Matthew 5:22.
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Matthew
5:22

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Strong's Number G4469 matches the Greek ῥακά (raka),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:22 - But G1161 I G1473 say G3004 unto you, G5213 That G3754 whosoever G3956 is angry G3710 with his G846 brother G80 without a cause G1500 shall be G2071 in danger G1777 of the judgment: G2920 and G1161 whosoever G3739 G302 shall say G2036 to his G846 brother, G80 Raca, G4469 shall be G2071 in danger G1777 of the council: G4892 but G1161 whosoever G3739 G302 shall say, G2036 Thou fool, G3474 shall be G2071 in danger G1777 of G1519 hell G1067 fire. G4442
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